Facility for the storage and management of connection (connection server)

A computer-based method for creating, storing and managing connections between data objects, comprising the steps of:

• receiving a first symbolic representation of a source data object, the first symbolic representation including a first unique object identifier;
• receiving a second symbolic representation of a destination data object, the second symbolic representation including a second unique object identifier;
• assigning a globally unique connection identifier to identify one or more connections between the two data objects, said connection reflecting a relationship between said source and destination objects;
• receiving attributes of said relationship;
• in computer memory, associating with the globally unique connection identifier:
• the first object identifier of the source object, identified as a source identifier, the second object identifier of the destination object, identified as a destination identifier and the received attributes with the object identifier, and whereby the connection of said source and destination objects, the objects or the attributes are retained within said computer memory for future retrieval and can be retrieved by using said globally unique connection identifier.